Current Population Survey, August 2002: Public Participation in the Arts Supplement (ICPSR 3971)

Alternate Title: CPS, August 2002

Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census; United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Endowment for the Arts

Summary:

This data collection is comprised of responses from two sets of survey questionnaires, the basic Current Population Survey (CPS) and a survey administered as a supplement to the August 2002 basic CPS questionnaire. The supplement, on the topic of public participation in the arts in the United States, was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.The CPS, administered monthly, collects labor force data about the civilian noninstitutional population aged 15 years old or older living in the United States. Moreover, the CPS provides current... (more info)

This data collection is comprised of responses from two sets of survey questionnaires, the basic Current Population Survey (CPS) and a survey administered as a supplement to the August 2002 basic CPS questionnaire. The supplement, on the topic of public participation in the arts in the United States, was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The CPS, administered monthly, collects labor force data about the civilian noninstitutional population aged 15 years old or older living in the United States. Moreover, the CPS provides current estimates of the economic status and activities of this population which includes estimates of total employment (both farm and nonfarm), nonfarm self-employed persons, domestics, and unpaid helpers in nonfarm family enterprises, wage and salaried employees, and estimates of total unemployment. The basic CPS data are provided on labor force activity for the week prior to the survey.

The Public Participation in the Arts questions were asked of all persons in month-in-samples four and eight who were 18 years of age or older, as applicable. The CPS instrument determined who was eligible for the Public Participation in the Arts supplement through the use of check items that referred to basic CPS items for age and month-in-sample. Proxy responses were allowed if attempts for a self-response were unsuccessful. The supplement contained questions about the household member's participation in various artistic activities from August 1, 2001 to August 1, 2002. It asked about the type of artistic activity, the frequency of participation, training and
exposure, musical and artistic preferences, length of travel for trips to artistic events, school-age socialization, and computer usage related to artistic information.

Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and National Endowment for the Arts. Current Population Survey, August 2002: Public Participation in the Arts Supplement. ICPSR03971-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-04-22. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03971.v2

Universe:
The universe for the basic CPS survey consisted of the civilian noninstitutional population, aged 15 years or older of the United States living in housing units, and members of the Armed Forces living in civilian housing units on a military base or in a household not on a military base. The August 2002 supplement universe represented one quarter of the full CPS sample comprised of all persons 18 years of age or older.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Users are strongly encouraged to refer the User Guide (produced by the Principal Investigators), which contains the questionnaire for the supplement, as well as additional detailed technical documentation regarding the study design, sampling frame used, and response rates.

The universe statements for each variable are defined in the basic or supplement record layouts found in Attachment 7 and 8, respectively, of the User Guide.

ICPSR removed all FILLER and PADDING variables from the data. As a result, the column locations in any ICPSR-released data product (e.g., codebook and setup files) will have column locations that are not consistent with locations described in the User Guide.

Methodology

Sample:
A multistage probability sample based on results of the 2000 decennial Census was used for selecting the housing unit.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:2004-09-16

Version History:

2011-04-22 The ASCII data for this collection have been completely replaced. The data collection has been updated to include SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files for use with the new data. Also included in the update are a corresponding SAS transport (CPORT) file, SPSS system file, Stata system file, and a tab-delimited version of the new ASCII data.